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J. Edgar Rea Fonds () University of Manitoba & Special Collections Finding Aid - J. Edgar Rea fonds () Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.4.1 Printed: June 25, 2019 Language of description: English University of Manitoba & Special Collections http://umlarchives.lib.umanitoba.ca/index.php/j-edgar-rea-fonds J. Edgar Rea fonds Table of contents Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 3 Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Notes ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Access points ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Series descriptions ........................................................................................................................................... 4 - Page 2 - J. Edgar Rea fonds Summary information Repository: University of Manitoba & Special Collections Title: J. Edgar Rea fonds Date: 1958-1987 (date of creation) Physical description: 1.46 m of textual records Dates of creation, MSS 73: Created by Deborah Prokopchuk (1991) and finding aid revision and deletion: converted by Justin Fuhr (July 2016).MSS 73: Created by Deborah Prokopchuk (1991). Finding aid encoded by Julianna Trivers (September 2002). Finding aid converted by Justin Fuhr (July 2016).MSS 195: Created by Brian Hubner (2005). Finding aid encoded by Vladimira Zvonik (2005). Finding aid converted by Justin Fuhr (2016).Revised by N. Courrier (March 2019). Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note Ed Rea, professor of history at the University of Manitoba, received his B.A. and M.A. at the University of Manitoba and his Ph.D. at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where he was born and raised. Rea is the author of The Winnipeg General Strike (1973), Parties and Power: An Analysis of Winnipeg City Council 1919-1975 (1976), and other books and has published a large number of professional articles, particularly on western Canadian history and national politics. Dr. Rea passed away in 2003. Custodial history The fonds was donated to University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections by J.E. Rea in 1989 and by his estate in 2004. Scope and content The first component of the fonds, MSS 72 - Research Papers in Manitoba History Collection, contains 203 unpublished student research papers submitted to Professor Rea by his leading students between 1968 and 1987 on the broad subjects of Manitoba and western Canadian history. Topics include Manitoba and Winnipeg biographies, Manitoba provincial and Winnipeg municipal politics, labour history, ethnic history, social history, business history, Native history, agriculture history, educational history, fur trade history, Red River Settlement history, women's history, and medical history. The second component of the fonds, MSS 73 - Winnipeg Labour History Interview Collection, contains transcriptions of ten oral histories conducted by Brian McKillop and Paul Barker in 1969-1970 with University of Manitoba & Special Collections Page 3 J. Edgar Rea fonds prominent Winnipeg political, labour, and social leaders of the 1920's and 1930's. These include an interview with Stanley Knowles, C.E. Simonite, Michael Harris, Mitch Sago, Tom Green, Fred Tipping, Gloria Queen-Hughes, Chester King, Norman Penner, and Marshall J. Gauvin. The third component, MSS 195 - Harry Crowe Affair Research Collection, contains research material related to the Harry Crowe Affair (1958/59), and one on the University of Manitoba Land Grant. There are also three student papers in the collection. Notes Title notes Restrictions on access There are restrictions on access for student papers. Finding aids A finding aid can be downloaded from the fonds-level description by clicking on the “Download’ link under “Finding Aid” on the right hand side of the screen. Other notes • Publication status: published • Level of detail: Partial • Status description: Draft Access points • Textual record (documentary form) Series descriptions Ref code Title Dates Access status Container Accession A1989-031/MSS 072: J. Edgar Rea fonds Creator: Rea, J. Edgar Date: 1969-1988 (date of creation) Scope and content: This collection contains 203 unpublished student research papers submitted to Professor Rea by his leading students between 1968 and 1987 on the broad subjects of Manitoba and western Canadian University of Manitoba & Special Collections Page 4 J. Edgar Rea fonds history. Topics include Manitoba and Winnipeg biographies (43), Manitoba provincial and Winnipeg municipal politics (28), labour history (16), ethnic history (15), social history (10), business history (9), Native history (7), agriculture history (7), educational history (7), fur trade history (5), Red River Settlement history (5), women's history (4) and medical history (4). Physical description: 1.2 m of textual records Access points: • Textual record (documentary form) Arrangement: This collection is organized into 2 series: Essays Arranged Alphabetically, by Author Essays, Random Arrangement This collection appears to have been left in order in which it arrived in Archives & Special Collections. Hence, the essays from Box 1 to the first half of Box 7 are arranged alphabetically, by author. I have designated this group of essays as Series 1. The essays in the second half of Box 7 to Box 9 are arranged in no apparent order. Therefore, I have designated them Series 2. Julianna Trivers, September 2002 Restrictions on access: There are no restrictions on access. Finding aids: A finding aid can be downloaded from the fonds-level description by clicking on the “Download’ link under “Finding Aid” on the right hand side of the screen. Publication status: published File / item list Essays Arranged Alphabetically, by Author Date: 1968-1988 (date of creation) Access points: • Textual record (documentary form) Publication status: published File / item list Ref code Title Dates Access status Container University of Manitoba & Special Collections Page 5 J. Edgar Rea fonds File - Ahlgren "History of Royal 1973 A1989-031, Winnipeg Ballet--The Early Box 0001 File Years--1939" 0001 File - Artibise "Alexander Logan-- [19-?] A1989-031, Paragon of Boosterism" Box 0001 File 0002 File - Barber "Class Conflict in Winnipeg 1970 A1989-031, Civic Politics" Box 0001 File 0003 File - Balan "The Formation of the [19-?] A1989-031, Ukrainian Canadian Committee, Box 0001 File 1938-1940" 0004 File - Butcher "Rev. Dr. Salem Bland... 1970 A1989-031, 1903-1919" Box 0001 File 0005 File - Borgfjord "William Ivens and [19-?] A1989-031, Labor Church, 1918-1927" Box 0001 File 0006 File - Dewalt "Suburban Growth, 1981 A1989-031, Urban Decline... of the Central City in Box 0001 File Winnipeg... 1945-1980" 0007 File - Donaldson "Strike, 1945-1950" 1977 A1989-031, Box 0001 File 0008 File - Drewniak "Red River Flood of 1982 A1989-031, 1950" Box 0001 File 0009 File - Gawron "Winnipeg Typographical 1986 A1989-031, Union in 1935" Box 0001 File 0010 File - Frederick "Statistical Analysis 1973 A1989-031, of Selkirk Avenue Business District, Box 0001 File 1900-1940" 0011 File - Ginsberg "Split of Jewish 1976 A1989-031, Community, 1914-1939" Box 0001 File 0012 File - Goeres "Unemploment Relief in 1978 A1989-031, Winnipeg, 1921-1932" Box 0001 File 0013 File - Gooden "Winnipeg City Politics, 1973 A1989-031, 1934-1937" Box 0001 File 0014 File - Goldberg "Louis St. George [19-?] A1989-031, Stubbs: A Judicial Rebel" Box 0001 File 0015 File - Guinn "Donald Smith's Impact on 1977 A1989-031, Winnipeg, 1870-1879" Box 0001 File 0016 File - Guinn "Donald Smith's Impact on 1977 A1989-031, Winnipeg, 1870-1879" Box 0001 File 0017 File - Guinn "Donald Smith's Impact on 1977 A1989-031, Winnipeg, 1870-1879" Box 0002 File 0001 University of Manitoba & Special Collections Page 6 J. Edgar Rea fonds File - Hosgood "Grain Dealers of [19-?] A1989-031, Winnipeg, 1874-1914" Box 0002 File 0002 File - Huber "Winnipeg Board of [19-?] A1989-031, Control, 1907 to 1918" Box 0002 File 0003 File - Huber "Mayorlty Candidates of 1985 A1989-031, Winnipeg, 1915 to 1930" Box 0002 File 0004 File - Huber "Winnipeg's Age of 1971 A1989-031, Plutocracy, 1901-1914" Box 0002 File 0004 File - Irvine "Fred Dixon, Winnipeg 1978 A1989-031, Labor, 1905-1914" Box 0002 File 0005 File - Johnston "Winnipeg Labor and 1973 A1989-031, Rise of One Big Union" Box 0002 File 0006 File - Jarco "Alexander Logan as Mayor [19-?] A1989-031, of Winnipeg, 1879-1884" Box 0002 File 0007 File - Jones "Geographical and [19-?] A1989-031, Occupational Mobility in Winnipeg" Box 0002 File 0008 File - Krentz "Tom Sharpe, Winnipeg's 1977 A1989-031, 22nd Mayor, 1904-1906" Box 0002 File 0009 File - Lemay "James Ashdown, Mayor of [19-?] A1989-031, Winnipeg, 1907-1908" Box 0002 File 0010 File - MacFarlane "Women's Suffrage in 1972 A1989-031, Manitoba, 1907-1916" Box 0002 File 0011 File - Ledohowski & Mark "Armstrong's [19-?] A1989-031, Point, 1880-1920" Box 0002 File 0012 File - Mathis "Child Welfare in 1978 A1989-031, Winnipeg, 1891 to 1916" Box 0002 File 0013 File - Morgan "Unemploment Relief/ No Date A1989-031,
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